“XPENG MOTORS is at the heart of a revolution in mobility.”
By Erin FeigerJuly 8, 2024
Photo Credit: XPENG AEROHT
If flying cars still seem like something from an outdated movie depiction of the future, an unreal concept video introducing a Chinese eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft) may, as a video claims, convince you that the future is now.
“Dive into the Heart of Innovation at XPENG AEROHT!” reads the caption of the YouTube video shared by the Chinese company — the largest flying car company in Asia — responsible for the futuristic vehicle.
Over an aerial view of a forest, the video takes the viewer through a timeline of the company, founded in 2013. It shows the car’s development before switching to concept footage of the vehicle as it drives to the edge of a runway, ejects its propellers, and takes flight.
Next comes concept footage of the modular flying car, which ejects a small person-manned pod that takes to flight, leaving the car portion behind. We then look inside the R&D facility, where nearly 1,000 employees worked to get the vehicles out of the planning phase and into the air.
As unrealistic as the footage seems, XPENG AEROHT announced that its revolutionary “Land Aircraft Carrier” modular flying car will be available to preorder in the fourth quarter of 2024, with delivery starting in Q4 of 2025.
Designed to conjure lunar exploration vehicles, the modular car appears to be out of this world. The land model seats up to five, and the air module has a two-person cockpit and is designed for low-altitude flight. The electric land model can charge the air model.
